Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-29

could git the cider drinked-an' II IN
were ANYTHING th't my OF pap 90
nuicker,n another il were, gitun' the
;nnards outen q tumbler--'fore he
souId ont the cider drinked, the sun
slid a iocus through the glass an Tiz
blister on his lip bigger'n a smal' COW
cumber. That were the season all the
gronu' hogs alMost died for want O. sleep.
'Twa'nt cold weather long 'nough to give
'em their usual winters nap, an 1t ha'
made We bust q laughin' to go long past
groun'-hog holes an see 'em settin' thai
with their heads q bohbin' till they'd'
almost Jerk their heads off an b they'd
wake M suddent and look round ez sheep
isb 81 i fthey'd got ketched Il dom sumpln'
foolish. They was so drOwsy all the time,
count o. their gGttin' awake so 'arly
th't they'd drop off in a snOoze vile they
was pasturin' in the clover, an the
c~onsekences was th't they didn't take IN
fodder 'nough togit 'em fat. only killed
one groun' hog th't year th't had any fat
ON him at all, en- | couldn't make u how
how he had managed to git his grease till
I happened to notice a little stick reaching
from the under led o. each eye to the upper
led. That groun' hog had benn a smart
un. He had ,jist propped his eyes open
With them sticks, an willie his
sleepy relations was ketchin' snoozes,
in snite o. theirselfs, he had his eyes
fixed so they couldn't 20 back on him, an
he inst tended TO business, an h'isted in
clover right along. The sickest | ever were
ofo1e or sence were that same season, an
it all come o, eatin' green apples th't me
,au' Pete GOmuddy slipped over an stole
outen his pap's orchard one day long
lords the middle O. January. No, Squire,
we never thort nothin' O. havin' 'arly hot
weather up in the Sugar Swamp deestrlc'
in them good OF days, although 'twere a
Ieetle tryin' to the nat'ral order of things,
now an then, an Iuther crowded slap
lacks an sassage gravy a leetle clus onter
new inyunS an dandyline green's. But
still, Squire, the weather VEIN havin' here
this spring is doin' pooty well, considerin'."
"Ycs," said the Squire, ''Eut it won't
s'prise me an ioty if we hev a reg'lar OF
fashioned show fore many days"
Course it wOn'tn' replied the Old Set
tier. This climate minds he 'zactly o
Rouzer Ridge. Rouzer Ridge an Sugar
Swamp was en- ditter'nt ez water an apple
lack is. At the Ridge they was alluz
mixed ez to weather IN seasons. When
ever they got up a Fourth O July celebra-
ton thar they alluz put on the
bills that if it showed on the
Fourth the celebration'd he held
ON the next fair day. Wen camp meetin'
time come round the dominic at the Ridge
alluz give it out that he expected every
one tor ten milcd in all directions to b"
sure an turn out, specially if the sleddin'
were good. The seasons was most giner'-
ly way ahindhaud ut the Ridge, an If we
happened to he diggiu' Onr next summers
new Eaters at Sugar Swamp long in
March, We could alluz be sure th't the
folks over to ROuzer Ridge was iist n
| uIantin' their 'tatcrS for the year aiOre.'
"Did folks take anything in the shape o
the oh, he joyful in them days at the
Ridge or at the swamp asked the
Squire.
'Tfit were limited TO 'em poorly strong
hv any Teller ~ 'peered to hay the price
| they did" said the Old Settler. AN
that were another funny thing. Folks at
the Ridge could gener'ly be found on
the Fourth o July maxim cmsclf com
Portable with hot rum, an II any one
| dropped in on us iellers ut the
Swamp on n New Years call, they'd
find us tamperin' with iulcps
an other GOBLIN drinks. Ez fer q matter
o that. though, Squire, if yc raised the
question eva matter q climate an weather
th't had any reference to the present SET
son, I'm wiIlin' TO caInpermise the matter
right here, h'gosh, by splittin' the differ,
cncc twixt hot rnm and iulcps an calm
il plain apple Juice on This fine day in
spring. Will yc accept the 'mcndmcnt, oI
shall | pay fer my OWN
Tie Squire must have accepted the
amendment, for the Old Settler went hom'
smiling.